Fish bait



March 10, 1925. 1,529,459

A. H. WUNDERLIN FISH BAIT Filed July 14, 1923 j INVENTOR BY ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,529,459; PATENT OFFICE.

. AUGUST H. WUNDERLIN, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

FISH BAIT.

Application filed July 14, 1223. Serial No. 651,490.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUeUs'r H. \VUNDER- LIN, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish Baits, of which-the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to improvements in artificial fish baits and the objects thereof are to afford a lure having an electric lamp that receives current from abattery carried therein, and constructed so that connection between the battery and lamp may be made or broken by adjustably manipulating the body of the lure, and a further object isato construct the bait and arrange'the battery and lamptherein so as to obviate the use of electric wire connections. These objects are accomplished by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a fish bait embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view projected from Fi 1, there being a portion broken away;

Fig. 3 is a front end view of the bait, the head end thereof being omitted.

tion refer to parts shown in the drawings and designated thereon by corresponding characters. v

The invention comprises a float having two separable parts 1 and 2 telescopically connected together, there being a channel 3 made in the forward end of the body portion 1 of the float for the reception of a 'corresponding projection 4 that is made in the the parts together. 4

Within the flange 5 of the head part 2 is posltioned a base 6 in which is held a miniatureelectric lamp 7, and on the rear face 16 of the base 6 is secured an insulating disc 8 that fits the bore of the body part 1 and bears against the rear end of the flange 5 of the ead part 2. The rear end of the lamp base 9 projects through the disc and its end terminal has normal contact with the end terminal 10 of the battery 10' that is held within the body part 1 of the float at the bottom thereof by a cradle 11 senu red therein and which loosely holds the battery in normalposition. A spring 12 acts against therearend of the battery so that it will be The characters appearing in the descrip-- flange 5 on the head portion 2 for holding a position therein eccentric to the axis there-- moved forwardly thereby with its front end in proper electrical connection with the terminal of the lamp.

The head part 2 has in each side thereof a glass closed aperture 13 through which is emitted the light of the lamp. The head part also has a loop 14 fixed at its front forthe attachment of a fish line. The body part 1 of the float has attached thereto in suitable arrangement a number of hooks 15.

The float is soproportioned as to sustain itself with its contents approximately at the surface of the water, and the hooks are connected in such positions on the float as to cause the float to be sustained level. when in the water. In utilizing the invention the body of the battery 10 has electrical contact with the cradle 11 which is secured to the float body, and the lamp 9 has electrical contact with the base which also has contact with the float body so that when the lamp and battery are aligned and in contact with each other, an electrical circuit is formed through 80 the battery, the lamp, the float body and the cradle, and thus the lamp is supplied with current. By turning the head part 2 of the float relative to the part 1 thereof, the lamp and battery are moved out of 'alinement so that the end terminal of the battery will then bear against theinsulating plate 8, thus opening theelectrical circuit. By constructin the invention as set forth, the electrical circuit may be closed or opened'go by simply manipulating the head of the float, and the battery when exhausted may be replaced by a new one without the use of connecting wires and similar devices for making electrical connections.

What I claim is:

1. In an artificial fish bait, a hollow hook-su porting float having separable head I and body parts connected together upon a common axis and being adjustablyrotatable relative to each other, the head part having in each side thereofa glass closed aperture; 2, base removably positioned in the. head part; an insulating plate fixed on the back of the base; an electric lamp located in said head part-and mounted in said base eccentric of the center thereof with its end terminal projecting through said plate; and an electric battery in the body part secured in of and with its end terminal movable into direct contact with the end terminal of the lamp by turning said body and head parts relatively. a 2. In an artificial fish bait, a hollow hooksupporting float having separable head and body parts alined upon a common axis and being relatively rotatable, the headpart having glass closed apertures; an electric lamp mounted in said head part'eccentric to the axis thereof; a cradle within said body part at the bottom thereof: a spring pressed electric battery positioned loosely in the cradle eccentric of the axis of the body part and with its end terminal movable into direct contact with the end terminal of the lamp by relatively.

. 3. In an artificial fish bait, a hollow hooksupporting float having separable head and body parts alined upon a common longituditurning said body and'head 'parts.

nal axis and being relatively rotatable, the

head part havin glass closed apertures;

and an electric lighting meanswithinthe float comprising an electric lamp located in the head part and an electric battery therefor located in the bodypart with its axis below that of the float and being movable into and out of direct contact with the lamp by turning said body and head parts relatively upon the axis thereof, said battery being located in the float so as to. be operable in stabilizing the position thereof when the float is suspended in water.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST H. \V'UNDERLIN.

\Vitnesses: V

MATILDA METTLER, W. G. BURNS. 

